There are plenty of nice people everywhere. > cookies Our neighbors in California let us stay in their house for 3 weeks. For free. > a lot of the suburbs ar

There are plenty of nice people everywhere. > cookies Our neighbors in California let us stay in their house for 3 weeks. For free. > a lot of the suburbs around there are _really_ nice If you think suburban sprawl is a selling point for a city, you may want to visit some other places. > fastest growing communities in the nation When land is cheaper than free, you're sort of incentivized to build. > lower taxes > the economy is booming in Texas Who gets that money? Texas has a fairly regressive system of taxation: http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/29392/texas-third-regressive-tax-system-u-s http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/29392/texas-third-reg... > family friendly * Texas is in the bottom quartile of social welfare spending: https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiatives/state-local-finance-initiative/state-and-local-backgrounders/public-welfare-expenditures https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiative... * The climate is brutal (at certain times in the summer it's actually cooler further south). * The distance to anywhere else is unreal. I absolutely agree many of the people are absolutely wonderful. I have also been to plenty of high school football games where a lot of racial slurs were muttered in the stands.